Traffic marker



Sept. 29, 1931. J; A. I Eboux TRAFFIC MARKER Filed June 26. 1930 asnIJJ? 26 -7 .7a/fa @ym-uefa' PatentedY Sept. `29, y'1931YvjlAlfENTvor-Fics JoSETH-A. LnnoUX, 'or WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS v Tnarr'ro .PplCatOn filled June v26,

This invention relates toadevice formar-king highways for traic purposesand the like.'

The principal objects of the invention arel to provide a marker whichwill have a soft and yielding body and surface so that the wear will becomparatively slight; to provide a construction which can be embedded inthe pavement permanently as a body but which will have a portion showingthe mark removtaken out very easily and to provide a construction whichwill have the same appearance after wear so as to save the recoating ofthe pavement with paint or other material and thus decrease materiallythe cost of the markings. y

Other objects and advantages of the inven-` tion will appearhereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 isa plan of a portion of a pavement with a preferred embodiment of thisinvention applied thereto; j

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the outer part of the device partlybroken away;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the latch or locking device, and Y Fig.5 is a Sectional view on the linef5--5 of Fig. 1.

In order to properly anchor the marker in position, it is made in theform of a casing or box having flanges` 11 all around it, or a singleange projecting out from it, at the bottom. This is embedded in concreteor other materialof the roadway. Therefore it is permanently mounted inposition with its open top flush with the roadway.

This casing 10 is provided with a flange 12 at each end extendinginwardly horizontally at its open upper side. The Harige is providedwith a passage 13 at the center which is flush with the end wall of thecasing. The flange 12 is horizontal on the bottom to prevent the deviceinside from being raised. It is also provided with a slanting surface 14for a purpose to be described. This constitutes the entire casing.

Inside this casing is located av block 15 of ably mounted in such a waythat it can be rranknn l Y raso. fuse'riai 116.4641145.

softl andyiel'ding rubber-and if desired,it qmay have an ,arrow-16 orany otherthing to `indicate thedirection or any other instruc- :tionstofbe giventhe driver approaching it or information of anyki'nd." Thisarrowk in the y'5 5 ypresent case is shown as raisedabove4 the sur--face oftheblockl and is fOrInedo'ay piece ofsoftwrubber of a different`color from the body ofthe Ablock 15. Thisis one ofthe ways in which itcan be made, butit can also be 260 made flushA on the top and-0fyrectangular shapeif desired. In each end ofV this block 15 isalongitudinal opening 17. Qn the ends of the rubber block .are a pair oflatches' y20. Each is provided with a horim5 Vzontalprojection 21extending into the opening V17 tb'keep it in place. Each` latch is also*provided witliva transverse flange 22 on the end having a horizontalbottom'and a central yportionl extending vertically to a ointnear 7.0Zthe top' and has twoslating sur aces l23at thefopposite vends thereof,'leaving thecenter of this portion to extend to the top in a verticalplanef-This flange 22 is provided at its -endv withY inclinedsurfaces'24. i; In the insertion ofthefblockin the basing', it beingunderstood that the blockis'lsub- Vstantially 4 as long as the casing,fzthe two `latches are put into the'ends of the block as Yshown in andthen they VareV forced to- ;.0 ward each other, thesbft' rubber of'whichthe markeris madeyielding for'that purpose. 'Then this central portionof the. ilange22'in each case passesdown vthroughthe central opening 13and allows theblock to go down 8.5 .withoutn compressing it. vThen thesurfaces 24 come right over' the surfaces 13 andthe rubber' blockisfconipressed 'longitudinally by? being forced down. After they' have4passed down :below the'filat bottom of' the flange 12, the latches willspring back, owing 'tothe resiliency of the rubber, and -be heldIunderneath these" flanges so there is no dangerv k'of these latchescoming V.out accidentally and Vtherefore no danger ofthe block beingndisplaced.

The two inclinedv surfaces 23'are employed so that, if it is desired toremove the block, 'a tool maybe introduced along these'inclined surfacesto force thelatches inwardly 10 far enough to pass beyond the lowersurfaces of the flanges 12, thus freeing the block therefrom andallowing the latches to be taken out with the block.

5' It will be seen that this device does not have to be painted fromtime tov time and a great dealro-expense issaved for that reason.Vtf-tliesarn'e time the casing is permanently mounted in the roadway andyet the marker is capable of being removed when desired. It isan-'inexpensiveconstruction and the holding of the latches in position`d epends upon the resiliency of the rubber. block."

Y Of course, the idea can befused to show direc-1 tions, stops,crosswalks anducenter lines land `v -infaicteatakes the: placerl of allfmarkersgplaeed in thefsunfaneoi'the highway;

Although I have illustratediandv described duced behind an inclinedsurface to force the latchback and release it from the lange Kunderwhich'it is normally located.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afsignaturea Y Josnrng al Lamm.

only'oneorm of'the'zinventiony I. am,;aware 1 l l lol'r'tlievfaetlthatmodificationsrcan/be made therein' by'anyl person'skilledain the art with*- ontf departingzfizom the scope of. the*Tinventiiinfasiexpressed; inf-,the` claims, Therefore :I

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faeeeiirth'e forni ofi-the;markerfdesired and ai.: pair of latehiesfatthe? opposite endsL of'. the

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topped casing embeddedinjth'e'roadiwz'ryvhavingfwflangeextending'iiiwardly'atitsiend, a Y

resilient rubberfblockfini'said casing andhaving its upper surface 'projetcting tothe surface; ofv the. roadwayr anda 'constitutingA themarkerproperY land; ayl'atclziffsetqint'o arrepeningr inthe end of therubber;l bloekll and adapted to. beifrced. outward-1y byytliefrrersiliency 'olith'efrubb'ertofa point jus-t' underio inv`position.

neaththesaidange torholdrthezrnbberblock 1 SLS'A'L" trafIiemarke-r'comprising a; casing embedded in'the'froadwayand open at thetopj,saidi'casing' having langesextending,` in'- Y finally allow them tospring apart so thatv the ally'foreethe latches nearerl together; and Yflanges.; e n Y 4.1Aitraie marker 'comprisingra casing 55 Aembeddedinthe roadwayy and; open at. the

